Abdominal pain with a twist: a rare presentation of acute gastric volvulus.

David P Chen, Saqib Walayat, Imran L Balouch, Daniel K Martin, Teresa J Lynch

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Article in Journal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed

1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field

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Video-Laparoscopic Treatment of Intrathoracic Gastric Volvulus.JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

David P ChenDepartment of Internal Medicine, OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, IL, USA.

Saqib WalayatDepartment of Internal Medicine, OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, IL, USA.

Imran L BalouchDepartment of Internal Medicine, OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, IL, USA.

Daniel K MartinDepartment of Internal Medicine, OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3242-6762

Teresa J LynchDepartment of Internal Medicine, OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, IL, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute gastric volvulus is a life threatening condition requiring early diagnosis and aggressive management. Diagnosis of gastric volvulus remains a challenge for clinicians due to variable, non-specific clinical presentation, which requires a high level of suspicion. It should be considered in patients presenting with chest pain and/or epigastric pain, especially in the elderly population. Endoscopic de-rotation could be initially attempted as a therapeutic modality especially in patients who cannot undergo surgery. However, surgery remains the main stay of treatment. Delay in diagnosis can lead to complications like mucosal ischemia, necrosis or perforation, shock, which substantially increase the morbidity and mortality.

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Acute gastric volvulusepigastric painesophagogastroduodenoscopygastropexyhiatal hernia

Identifiers

PMID29147478

DOI10.1080/20009666.2017.1379853

PMCPMC5676972

OpenAlexW2765572759

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